Ed Stetzer has posted a great blog about the importance of reaching our global cities for Jesus. His point is simple: large cities exert tremdendous influence over more than just their geographic area. At a quickening pace, large cities such as New York and Los Angeles influence areas not only across our country but across the world. Starting new churches is one solution; starting church planting movements is the best solution. Be sure to check out the links Stetzer includes in his post.
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I just came across this quote from Ben Franklin and thought I'd pass it along: "He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner." -- Benjamin Franklin
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When Philip K. Wrigley succeeded his father as chairman of the Chicago-based chewing gum company, he continued the firm's practice of heavily spending money on advertising to create and maintain consumer demand. During an airline flight one day, a seatmate asked him why he continued to spend so much money on advertising a product that was already one of the best-known in the world. Wrigley quickly replied, "For the same reason the pilot of this plane keeps the engine running when we're already 29,000 feet up." (Source: Louis E. Boone, "Quotable Business," Random House). What engine do you need to keep running? For the church to stay in flight, individual believers must stay on mission. Putting in a good word for Jesus is the fuel that keeps the engine running. For a marriage to stay in flight, husbands and wives must work on the little things and deal quickly…
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"I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand" (Psalm 40:1-2). Mud and mire. While playing in the mud was fun as children, most of us have spent our adult lives trying to avoid it. And not just the dirt mixed with water type of mud. Verbal mud. Emotional mud. Habits. Behaviors. Messy relationships. Toxic environments. Ironically, apart from mud-slinging (where someone else throws mud at you), I have to assume responsibility for generating a good amount of the mud that has entered my life. I make poor choices or get sloppy with words. I am a maker of mud. Not only has God offered rescue from the mud, but he can lift us out of…
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